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What is the significance of breath in meditation?

Breath is the nearest inner sound, a natural anchor that gathers your scattered attention; in its rhythm, you may find the effortless leap into silence where true meditation blossoms.

— Osho
According to Osho, the breath is the nearest inner sound—the last, natural anchor as you go inward. Simply noticing its rhythm gathers your scattered attention; outer noises grow distant. If attention gently abides there, a moment comes when even breath-awareness drops. That effortless falling-away is the ‘jump’ into silence, where meditation flowers beyond technique, concentration, or object.

Your breath is a friendly handle: hold it lightly until everything goes quiet, and then it lets go by itself, leaving you in deep stillness.

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